Painted bat
| Painted bat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Kerivoula |
| Species: | K. picta |
| Binomial name | |
| Kerivoula picta (Pallas, 1767) | |
| Species distribution (in southeast Asia) based on data from the IUCN. | |
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The painted bat (Kerivoula picta) or painted wooly bat is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is also known as "butterfly bat" (projapoti badur), "rongin chamchika" (coloured bat) or "komola-badami chamchika" (orange-brown bat) in Bengali.